Assistant Professor, Engineering Education Systems & Design
Dina Verdín, Ph.D. is an Assistant Professor of Engineering in the Polytechnic School at Arizona State University. I earned my Ph.D. is in Engineering Education and M.S. is in Industrial Engineering from Purdue University and my B.S. in Industrial Systems Engineering from San José State University. My research program (still) seeks to promote equity and inclusion…
Alumni
Carlos was working on my grant project, titled Commitment to Learning Instilled by Mastery-Based Undergraduate Program (CLIMB-UP) and successfully defended his dissertation in Fall 2024. His dissertation title is: “A Focus on Mastery: How Mastery Learning Supported Engineering Students at a Hispanic-Serving Institution” He is now a postdoctoral scholar at The Leonhard Center for the…
Former Postdoctoral Researcher
PhD in Learning, Literacy and Technology from Arizona State University
Ph.D. Candidate
NSF Graduate Research Fellow 2022 A.Lili Castillo is a first-year graduate student pursuing a Ph.D. in Engineering Education Systems and Design. Her experiences, and those of her peers, have motivated and informed her research endeavors. Castillo is interested in investigating topics revolving around engineering identity formation, sense of belonging & persistence through engineering, and Latinx…
Alumni
Carlos was working on my grant project, titled Commitment to Learning Instilled by Mastery-Based Undergraduate Program (CLIMB-UP) and successfully defended his dissertation in Fall 2024. His dissertation title is: “A Focus on Mastery: How Mastery Learning Supported Engineering Students at a Hispanic-Serving Institution” He is now a postdoctoral scholar at The Leonhard Center for the…
Ph.D Candidate
NSF Graduate Research Fellow 2022 Research Interest: Experiences and empowerment of Latino/x students with migrant farm working backgrounds Increase engineering curiosity of Latino/x high school students through summer camps Increase engineering identity and sense of belonging of Latino/x students Ulises will be supporting the following NSF project BCSER: Empowering Children of Migratory/Seasonal Farmworkers with Gamification and…
REU: ENGagED Program
Mechanical Engineering, Third Year Undergraduate Student The University of New Mexico “After my undergraduate degree, my goals are to complete a Ph.D. program in aerospace engineering or biomedical engineering. I would like to pioneer space travel while researching ways to support life outside of Earth, combining engineering problem-solving and life sciences.” – Daisy Summer project:…